EP4458139B1 - Ein pflanzenzuchtsystem für die kontrollierte umgebung in der landwirtschaft - Google Patents

Ein pflanzenzuchtsystem für die kontrollierte umgebung in der landwirtschaft

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EP4458139B1
EP4458139B1 EP24194361.2A EP24194361A EP4458139B1 EP 4458139 B1 EP4458139 B1 EP 4458139B1 EP 24194361 A EP24194361 A EP 24194361A EP 4458139 B1 EP4458139 B1 EP 4458139B1
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Gage Goodspeed COFFIN
Michael Peter FLYNN
Nicholas Kalayjian
Alan Colbrie SCHOEN
Andrew Keith JAMES
Arvind SANKARAN
Nadav Sahar HENDEL
Anna OLSON
Michael Bennett HAMILTON
Theodore Howe St. George
Loren Raymond Pilorin
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    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/14—Greenhouses
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01C—PLANTING; SOWING; FERTILISING
    • A01C23/00—Distributing devices specially adapted for liquid manure or other fertilising liquid, including ammonia, e.g. transport tanks or sprinkling wagons
    • A01C23/04—Distributing under pressure; Distributing mud; Adaptation of watering systems for fertilising-liquids
    • A01C23/042—Adding fertiliser to watering systems
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01D—HARVESTING; MOWING
    • A01D45/00—Harvesting of standing crops
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G31/00—Soilless cultivation, e.g. hydroponics
    • A01G31/02—Special apparatus therefor
    • A01G31/04—Hydroponic culture on conveyors
    • A01G31/045—Hydroponic culture on conveyors with containers guided along a rail
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G31/00—Soilless cultivation, e.g. hydroponics
    • A01G31/02—Special apparatus therefor
    • A01G31/06—Hydroponic culture on racks or in stacked containers
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/02—Receptacles, e.g. flower-pots or boxes; Glasses for cultivating flowers
    • A01G9/027—Pots connected in horizontal rows
    • A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
    • A01—AGRICULTURE; FORESTRY; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; HUNTING; TRAPPING; FISHING
    • A01G—HORTICULTURE; CULTIVATION OF VEGETABLES, FLOWERS, RICE, FRUIT, VINES, HOPS OR SEAWEED; FORESTRY; WATERING
    • A01G9/00—Cultivation in receptacles, forcing-frames or greenhouses; Edging for beds, lawn or the like
    • A01G9/24—Devices or systems for heating, ventilating, regulating temperature, illuminating, or watering, in greenhouses, forcing-frames, or the like
    • A01G9/245—Conduits for heating by means of liquids, e.g. used as frame members or for soil heating
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B65—CONVEYING; PACKING; STORING; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL
    • B65G—TRANSPORT OR STORAGE DEVICES, e.g. CONVEYORS FOR LOADING OR TIPPING, SHOP CONVEYOR SYSTEMS OR PNEUMATIC TUBE CONVEYORS
    • B65G2201/00—Indexing codes relating to handling devices, e.g. conveyors, characterised by the type of product or load being conveyed or handled
    • B65G2201/02—Articles
    • B65G2201/0202—Agricultural and processed food products
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A—TECHNOLOGIES FOR ADAPTATION TO CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02A40/00—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production
    • Y02A40/10—Adaptation technologies in agriculture, forestry, livestock or agroalimentary production in agriculture
    • Y02A40/25—Greenhouse technology, e.g. cooling systems therefor
    • Y—GENERAL TAGGING OF NEW TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS; GENERAL TAGGING OF CROSS-SECTIONAL TECHNOLOGIES SPANNING OVER SEVERAL SECTIONS OF THE IPC; TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER USPC CROSS-REFERENCE ART COLLECTIONS [XRACs] AND DIGESTS
    • Y02—TECHNOLOGIES OR APPLICATIONS FOR MITIGATION OR ADAPTATION AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE
    • Y02P—CLIMATE CHANGE MITIGATION TECHNOLOGIES IN THE PRODUCTION OR PROCESSING OF GOODS
    • Y02P60/00—Technologies relating to agriculture, livestock or agroalimentary industries
    • Y02P60/20—Reduction of greenhouse gas [GHG] emissions in agriculture, e.g. CO2
    • Y02P60/21—Dinitrogen oxide [N2O], e.g. using aquaponics, hydroponics or efficiency measures

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  • Life Sciences & Earth Sciences (AREA)
  • Environmental Sciences (AREA)
  • Soil Sciences (AREA)
  • Engineering & Computer Science (AREA)
  • Water Supply & Treatment (AREA)
  • Hydroponics (AREA)
  • Management, Administration, Business Operations System, And Electronic Commerce (AREA)
  • Cultivation Receptacles Or Flower-Pots, Or Pots For Seedlings (AREA)

Claims (4)

  1. Pflanzenbausystem für die kontrollierte Landwirtschaft, umfassend:
    eine kontrollierte Wachstumsumgebung, die im Wesentlichen eine oder mehrere Wachstumslinien (202) umschließt, jede der einen oder mehreren Wachstumslinien umfassend
    einen Wachstumsfördermechanismus; und
    eine Vielzahl von Wachstumstürmen (50), wobei jeder der Vielzahl von Wachstumstürmen vertikal an einer jeweiligen der einen oder mehreren Wachstumslinien (202) befestigt und entlang dieser bewegbar ist;
    wobei jede der einen oder mehreren Wachstumslinien (202) einen ersten Wegabschnitt und einen zweiten Wegabschnitt umfasst; wobei der Wachstumsfördermechanismus die Wachstumstürme (50) entlang des ersten Wegabschnitts in einer ersten Richtung und entlang des zweiten Wegabschnitts in einer zweiten Richtung, die der ersten Richtung entgegengesetzt ist, fördert;
    einen Rückführmechanismus (220), der dazu dient, Wachstumstürme (50) vom ersten Wegabschnitt einer Wachstumslinie (202) der einen oder mehreren Wachstumslinien zum zweiten Wegabschnitt der Wachstumslinie (202) zu transportieren;
    wobei die kontrollierte Wachstumsumgebung ferner eine Vielzahl von Wachstumsturmschnittstellen (38, 39) entlang einer ersten Seite der kontrollierten Wachstumsumgebung umfasst, die Vielzahl von Wachstumsturmschnittstellen umfassend eine Wachstumsturm-Injektionsschnittstelle (38) und eine Wachstumsturm-Extraktionsschnittstelle (39) entlang einer ersten Seite der kontrollierten Wachstumsumgebung; und
    ein Transferförderband, umfassend eine Vielzahl von auf einer Schiene angeordneten Wagen und ein Steuersystem, wobei sich die Schiene in die kontrollierte Wachstumsumgebung an den Wachstumsturm-Injektionsschnittstelle und -Extraktionsschnittstellen (38, 39) erstreckt; wobei jeder der Vielzahl von Wagen so konfiguriert ist, dass er lösbar an einem der Wachstumstürme (50) befestigt werden kann; und wobei das Steuersystem so konfiguriert ist, dass es einen der Wagen, der einen Wachstumsturm (50) einschließt, durch die Wachstumsturm-Injektionsschnittstelle zu einer ausgewählten Wachstumslinie (202) befördert und einen leeren Wagen durch die Wachstumsturm-Extraktionsschnittstelle von einer ausgewählten Wachstumslinie (202) befördert.
  2. Pflanzenbausystem nach Anspruch 1, wobei die Wachstumsturm-Injektionsschnittstelle und - Extraktionsschnittstelle (38, 39) jeweils einen vertikalen Schlitz in der ersten Seite und eine bewegliche Tür umfassen, die in einer ersten Position über dem vertikalen Schlitz schließt und in einer zweiten Position einen Wachstumsturm (50) durch den vertikalen Schlitz hindurchlässt.
  3. Pflanzenbausystem nach Anspruch 1, wobei die kontrollierte Wachstumsumgebung in physisch getrennte Abschnitte unterteilt ist.
  4. Pflanzenbausystem nach Anspruch 3, wobei die Schiene und das Transferförderband so konfiguriert sind, dass sie Wagen in ausgewählte, physisch getrennte Abschnitte leiten.
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